First of the Big Bands – BBC Live in Concert 1974 is a live album recorded on September 12, 1974 at the London Palladium by Tony Ashton and Jon Lord and their all-star band featuring Ian Paice, Carmine Appice, Dick Parry and Max Middleton among others.

The setlist features mainly songs off the album First of the Big Bands by Ashton & Lord, released in 1974.

The live album was released in 1993 by Windsong International.